Rio Puerco (Permian of the United States)

Also known as Arroyo del Agua, Arroyo de Agua, Arroya de Agua

Where: Rio Arriba County, New Mexico (36.2° N, 106.7° W: paleocoordinates 6.5° N, 33.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Abo/Cutler Formation, Wolfcamp (296.4 - 268.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by P. Miller in 1911

Primary reference: D. S. Berman and R. R. Reisz. 1986. Captorhinid reptiles from the Early Permian of New Mexico, with description of a new genus and species. Annals of Carnegie Museum 55:1-28 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 85433: authorized by Johannes Mueller, entered by Torsten Liebrecht on 18.12.2008

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Synapsida - Ophiacodontidae
Ophiacodon mirus Marsh 1878 ophiacodont
FMNH (WM) 240, 241; "possibly belonging to O. navajovicus?"
Reptilia
 Eureptilia - Captorhinidae
Captorhinidae sp. Case 1911 eureptile
FMNH 745 (specimens formerly referred to "Puercosaurus obtusidens")